US election: The text that started Donald Trump s downfall revealed
14 Jan, 2021 04:29 PM
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In the midst of last Wednesday s violent attack on the US Capitol, a text message with the power to make history was fired off to every Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
At 3.09pm a little over an hour after violent Pro-Trump protesters made their way up the exterior steps of the Capitol and pushed through the barricades – Representative Ted Lieu wrote that the committee should start drafting articles of impeachment now, regardless of what leadership says .
America will be in uncharted territory when the U.S. Senate meets as soon as next week for the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, a case against the outgoing president that one Democrat preparing for arguments called \
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House Democrats and a handful of Republicans on Wednesday voted to impeach President Trump for a second time, citing his incitement of the violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last week. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne has reaction from a few Hudson Valley House members.
First-term Democratic Congressman Mondaire Jones of the 17th district delivered his first speech on the House floor since taking office.
“Who knew that my first speech on the House floor would be in connection with the second impeachment of Donald J. Trump, a lawless, unhinged dangerous president who poses an existential threat to our democracy,” Jones says. “I had hoped maybe I would be speaking about the For the People Act, or the need to pass real COVID-19 relief.”
Sen. Marco Rubio urged President-elect Joe Biden to push Congress to adopt a narrow bill that would deliver $2,000 stimulus checks and not pad relief legislation with unrelated issues.
The fateful moment when the House of Representatives on Wednesday impeaches President Donald Trump for a second time will rank among the defining moments of America's story long after the citizens enduring these harrowing, tragic days are gone.